Just been to b and q and was abouts to buy this triton Benito thermostatic shower for £90, however noticed screwfix have it in sale for just £69.99 B and q price matched and allowed me to have it for £69.99 Decent shower with decent reviews and the price won't cost the earth - will set us on for a few years before we get the bathroom all done.
34 comments
billingtonrover
21 Sep 17#1
B&Q and Srewfix are the same company,if I remember rightly !
d2cracker to billingtonrover
21 Sep 17#15
Nope both owned by Kingfisher
rickj to d2cracker
22 Sep 17#20
Er so same company then .
coss9 to rickj
22 Sep 17#21
No, different companies, owned by Kingfisher UK Investments Limited
TedStriker72 to billingtonrover
22 Sep 17#27
Yes, they are - Kingfisher Group. I got a sof close toilet seat from Screwfix recently which was the exact same one as they sold in B&Q for twice the price. It even had B&Q packaging!
shalton
21 Sep 17#2
do these run ok off a combi boiler? I have an electric shower at the moment.
nick1981 to shalton
21 Sep 17#3
Yes
LEXIE55
21 Sep 17#4
There are others with better flow rate.
Hastie86
21 Sep 17#5
Electric shower packed in yesterday...I'll pick this up and see how it runs off the new combi.
T2000Bill to Hastie86
21 Sep 17#6
Just a heads up, the electric shower will only have a cold feed, this is a thermo so will need hot and cold feed to it, you may have to run another pipe for the hot.
shalton to T2000Bill
21 Sep 17#8
Should be able to piggy back off the bath hot supply?
Musicrab to shalton
21 Sep 17#9
I'm going to try that too; I've used Speedfit before - what's the easiest way to "T" off existing hot supply?
shalton to Musicrab
21 Sep 17#10
Mine was a question too. Not sure if it will affect the pressure to the shower?
Musicrab to shalton
21 Sep 17#12
(With a combi) as long as nobody else is running hot water, it'll be fine. (And if your combi runs the CH you may need to check it is powerful enough for the job).
Hastie86 to T2000Bill
22 Sep 17#32
Yeah it’s cool, there’s a hot water pipe ready to feed through. Got it in place when the boiler was fitted cause I knew we’d switch once the electric one stopped working. Cheers.
richardm86 to Hastie86
22 Sep 17#33
Can you tell me more about this please? I got a new boiler recently and didn't get this. But I want to switch from an electric shower to mixer shower.
mooseman123
21 Sep 17#7
I bought one of these to replace a knackered Bristan: argos.co.uk/pro…391 - if you've already got the pipe work done it is a doddle to replace. I can testify to the high flow rate :smile:
zep87065
21 Sep 17#11
I bought this to replace a previous shower which had broken. The heat setting is easy to set or change and the simple on off button provides a great shower. If you like a gentle or hard shower it's easy to turn up or down the water flow. I am very pleased with this shower.
muckspreader1
21 Sep 17#13
Good offer I paid more then that for a replacement ment thermostat for mine.Hot from me
winningchip
21 Sep 17#14
Anyone know if these can be used as a kind of power shower by arranging for an electric pump to be added in somehow?
Thanks in advance.
morrig to winningchip
21 Sep 17#16
Only if its gravity fed from a hot water tank especially if tank on the next floor or loft. With a combi boiler no, mains in can be over 5 bar and after the combi heats it it will drop depending on temperature and max bar is 5 with this shower it would be borderline at times. Fitted two combis and both supplied a really good shower and always go for a high output combi as will heat radiators quicker and have more powerful shower.
alexjameshaines to morrig
21 Sep 17#18
Are you taking the piss or bring serious? I get 1.4 bar from mains supply!!!
mgriffithsuk to winningchip
23 Sep 17#34
Yes i added a salamander pump. You might need a surrey
Krizzo3
21 Sep 17#17
Get somethign real like grohe etc.
kalico to Krizzo3
22 Sep 17#23
Oh yes, for 70 quid?
Don't be a brand snob. Thus is a good shower and a great price for it.
It'll run just fine off a combination and if you have a storage cylinder and header in the loft arrangement then you can fit a power pump too.
richardm86
21 Sep 17#19
How can I tell what bar pressure I get in from mains supply? Don't think my pressure is great.
d2cracker
22 Sep 17#22
Clear don’t understand how companies or branding work. Next you will saying EE is the same company as BT, all because BT bought EE last year or Coca-Cola isn’t a company or brand considering that’s owned by Schweppes. May be you need to google board of directors for every company you think are the same and see how many are identical.
jambone to d2cracker
22 Sep 17#31
*shakes head* :unamused:
Hot.Babe
22 Sep 17#24
I have this and run off a combi and works great!
yve67
22 Sep 17#25
B&Q policy is price match plus 10%, Hope you got the 10% nick1981
m5rcc to yve67
22 Sep 17#26
Nope - they don't do that against other Kingfisher brands:
yve67 to m5rcc
22 Sep 17#28
I once worked there and we were told to price match + 10%
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B and q price matched and allowed me to have it for £69.99
Decent shower with decent reviews and the price won't cost the earth - will set us on for a few years before we get the bathroom all done.
34 comments
Thanks in advance.
With a combi boiler no, mains in can be over 5 bar and after the combi heats it it will drop depending on temperature and max bar is 5 with this shower it would be borderline at times.
Fitted two combis and both supplied a really good shower and always go for a high output combi as will heat radiators quicker and have more powerful shower.
Don't be a brand snob. Thus is a good shower and a great price for it.
It'll run just fine off a combination and if you have a storage cylinder and header in the loft arrangement then you can fit a power pump too.
May be you need to google board of directors for every company you think are the same and see how many are identical.
*shakes head* :unamused: